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NEW CHURCHES. MR. EDITOR,.—YO,II' two Correspondents, CON STA NTI NE? and PROTESTANT, seem, in their letters of tl►e 28th ult., to be, the one drawing false conclusions from true premises; and the other, drawing conclusions without any premises at ail.- With CONSTANTINR'S premiies I agree, but dis agree with his, conclusion ; as, if we are fully Cotivinc'ed that an increased number of Churches will not necessarily increase religion, which adorneth a people, the end is lost,whilst the ruin- MIS means are retained, perhaps, to line the pocket Orsome jobber. Places of worship are as much Wanting in the \Vest as redundant in the East of London ; the reason of which 1 take to be, that the inhabitants of the-East go on Sunday to their villas, and fill-the Churches and Chapels round London ;- whilst those of the West stay in town, 'lest the toe of the merchant gibe the heel of the your 'tier; this cause only exists dUring the season, and if Churches enough for that were bUilt, they milst be empty during the . summer months of November, arrd January. Would you then leave the West as you find it .? No, I would place the establisbinent on a footing with the dissenters; and give leave to every erotestant Clergyman, as by law established (provided he had no cure of 'souls), to petition the Bishop of the diocese for a license to open a Chlpel, and give leave to the Bishop to grant and revoke such license at plea. sure ; so would religious ways and means be in creased, and political ones spared. Now, Mr. PROTESTANT, a word with you more Seriously. Who art thou that. judgeth another ? You, my good Sir, mistake preaching for reli• gion, a very common mistake : our veneriib'e re, formers exerted their wisdom and acumeu in form ing a /iturgy, not in composing sermons ; for they sought the honour of God, and not their own honour. In their opinion, praying was the me thod of obtaining a store .of religion, and the world the place in Which that store was to be spent. In this bpinion Iso fully agree, that I ii-1d it higher praise to say of a Parson, he reads the liturgy finely and devoutly, •than he preaches as well as Bishop PORTEOUS : not that I despise preaching ; hut look on it as quite subordinate to praying- 7 -nay, I am half afraid. that the boasted religion of many, in the 19th Century, is just co-equal with their appro bation of the Preacher's tone and delivery ; anti, having no reference to his matter, ceases when his rrranner.no longer I ickles the ear. " He that hat'► ears to hear let him heat." I confess myself one of the guilty who did not preach ou Goo,[ Friday, and I will tell you why—Man must earn his bread, and I do not believe our toaster would approve of a form of Christianity wl►ich called on his votaries to neglect the support of their families in order to bear a s •rmon. If •masters will dispense with their workmen's service, and yet not deduct their wages during the hour of prayer, it is all we can expect ; if a sermon be added we shall obtain nei ther ; and I boldly avow that l had rather reatithe prayers to all my Parishioners, than both read and preach to the few who have no wages to lose ; the one I regard as reading the Gospel to the poor, the other as reading toy own weak, and, perhaps, erroneous commentary to the rich. If you, Sir, can prevail on masters in general to dispense with their workmen for both, we may, perhaps, give both : I say, perhaps, for it is entirely in our own breast ; and it might be as well if you ascertained whether a sermon on Good Friday be not a work of superrerogation, rather titan the want of. one, an omission which can justify you for calling on the Bishop to interfere, who, if he be as wise as a serpent, is as harmless as a dove. Is your attack on the Duke of BEDFORD in the true spirit of Christian charity ? I will tell you, nay ; it is not the dictate of Religion, but of Party. Your at tack on your Rector is splenetic ; you have shewn its a wide field ; I will sow it, and let the Rector reap the produce; I agree with you that one living is enough for one Parson, when the Parishioners make it enough to support their spiritual head in an independent and respectable situation ; but let not the Members arraign that head unless they wish to paralyse themselves. Yours, WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE. Published la Octave, Our Volume, A 4.)f INTERESTING and . IMPORTANT ItEpolurs and PAPERS on the NAVI GATION and TRADE of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, and tht=BRITISH 'COLONIES in the WEST INDIES and NORTI4 AMERICA ; containing, anion many other hle Paper‘, the celelfated - Reports of the Privy Council in 1794 and 1,91, on tht Attempts of theAm KR !CANS to obtain a Free Intercourse, in ,/:zericart. Bettepa, with the King's Colonies in the West Indies and Americo ; both of which are ascribed to the pen of,tliat sounif and enlightened Statesman, the late Earl of Liserptul: LoNuoN: Printed for J. Rieliardcon, Change-alley, Corn hill ; and ,J. Butterworth, Fleet-street; and may he had of all other - Booksellers throughout thy United Kingdom. TkIEATRICAL. REGISTER. Performed Liza Night. THEATRE ROYAL, Dttuot-LaNc..--(sixtb time), Rob Roy, the Grtgarach : Rob Roy Macgregor, Mr. P. Johnston ; Helen Macgregm, Mrs. Glover. After which, The Fol lies of a Day. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA IMEN.—(eighth time), Rob Roy Macgregor: Francis Oshalthitone, Mr. Sinclair ; Diana Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Husbands and A TRUE CHURCHMAN Mant , nononGn-HOUSE. This magnificent mansion, which is for some time to be the resi dence of our illustrious Ruler, was originally built at the national expense, on a part of the Royal Gardens, which were attached to it in per petuity, for the town-residence of the justly failed military hero of Pasties reign, JOHN CHURCHILL, first Duke of Marlborough. The Parliamentary vote for the erection of the man sion and offices (and which expense does not ap. pear to have beets exceeded), was 40,0001. The ground was granted by her 'MAJESTY. The attic story, which seems to have greatly improved the whole structure, as well as the large room or sa loon, on the ground floor, was added by the late Duke. The plan and elevation of the house were from an Italian design. • THE SUN. 50LEM DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1818. - The-Paris Papers_of: Sumlay last, which were due this morning, have not come io hand. We are Wormed by our Correspoillient at Paris, :hat the greatest struggles are making at Rome to procure a Religious, or rather a Popish Ascend• anc9, wherever die Papal father has any influence %Ire May see by the Concordats` of -Naples and Itome, what his Infallibility is doing towards the accomplishment of this - design. If the -cause of Religious Liberty is not resolutely snpported in France, it will be lost, as it is losing ground there every day, and this decline in a great measure, . seems, to be owing to the pretended friends of the Altar and the Throne in that Country. Will it be believed that the Murders of Protestants at Nimes, which excited great horror some time ago, are now styled the effects of " a moment of effervescence, as the Roman Catholics had long been under re straint." This infamous assertion has been made in a pamphlet, the copies of which , have been seized by the French Government, and the Au thor is to .he prosecuted, for no apologies for such excesses wiirbe permitted ; and as to the crimes themselves, it is thollght sufficlent to draw a veil over thew. The same respectable Correspondent assures us, liat we have been mistaken respecting tine em- ployment of VETERANS in the French my, and states "that they are not to be embodied, nor lia ble to he so, in case of war, and even then they cannot be compelled to serve beyond the limits of their own province, without .a law passed by Par- liament for that purpose ; they may marry and form any establishments they please, and will not, except in case of war, be called on even to perform so many days duty in the year ; they are not a corps; uor do army, for they have no of. ficers, nor can they know who will be their of ficers. They are therefore merely a number of citizens, liable to be called on by the Government in case of a war. The following is the text of the law on the subject" : • " The Non-commissioned Otiicel=l and Soldiers who bare returned to their homes, after having finished the prescribed period of service, shall, in case of war, be subject to a terri torial service for six years, under the name of Veterans. The Veterans may marry, and form establishments. In time of peace they shall not he called upon for any service whatever, and in time.of war they cannot be required to march beyond their own military division, except in virtue of a law." We cannot help thinking that our Correspond ent, whose judgment and candour, however, we hold in great respect, is a little too bard upon the Ultras. These persons were ruined by the French Revolution, most of them see their property in the hands of Regicide Ruffians, or friends of Re volutionary principles, and they must naturally wish for the restoration of the old order of things. They may not have sufficiently profited by the lessons of experience, but surely their motives must be good, and they must feel for the honour of their country, as men who are not themselves sufferers, and can view events with . more impar- tial feelings, cannot but wish that if it were possible, the French Revolution should only he remembered as a dreadful warning to all people, and that every person of a Jacobin character, and if possible every person who supported the Usurper, before and after his return from Elba, should be excluded from ail authority it not banished from France for ever. We sincerely feel for the Ultras, and can pity rather than condemn those hopes and Oxpectations wilich may be attributed to a sense of national pride, reverence for their Sovereign, and the honour of their country, as well as to motives of a selfish or vindictive nature. The Mornitlg Papers of this day contain re port that accounts have been received stating that general hostilities by the Native Powers of India were likely to be dtected against us, but that the Marquis of HASTINGS, with expeditious policy, had divided SCI NDIA from the Confederacy.—We have beard no confirmation of this report, but it is well known that such rumours are often circu lated for eject in the dull times of Peace. We remember when a Weekly Paper ingeniouslycon trived to receive fresh dispatches from India every Sunday. Cm-, O O'CLOCK.—There is still great fluctuation in the price of the Funds ; Consols left off yesterday at 79i, and this morning were done early at 794, they afterwards wept to the former price ; the Commissioners were served by the Jobbers at 79k. The Prussian Loan is said, this morning, to be finally agreed upon, and to, be taken by Mr. ROTHSCHILD. A Meeting of modern Reformers took place on the 23d ult. at Royton, in Lancashire, for the purpose of passing Resolutions for the improve ment of our Legislative System: In the course of the proceedings thanks were voted to Lord COCH RANE, WOOLER, HONE, COBBETT,' MajOr CART WRIGHT, and Sir FRANCIS lIIIRDETT. There was, however, considerable demur in, passing the thanks to the last of these worthies, as it was ;Wedged that he had for some time deserted, or at least," been languid in supporting the cause of the People, 'but something was said in his favour which seemed to soften rabble resentment. It was urged also against the Baronet; that he permitted his son to be an Officer in " the vile Standing Army," but it was observed that, possibly, his sou would have his own way, and that a father should not be made responsible for the errors of his offspring. At length the objections were surmounted, and the thanks were passed, but with churlish reluctance. The Baronet, if he is capable of profiting by experience, will see how little dependence can be placed on what SIIAKS PEARS stiles the "fund mazy,"" or in other words, a foolish, ignorant, and factious rabble. Corm-ExctrANGE, APRIL I.—Wc had a few fresh Arrivals this morning, which, together with what was left over from last day, was equal to the demand : real Fine Wheat and Barley sold at Monday's prices; the Oat Trade is not quite so brisk; in Pease and Beans there is no alteration. M. IL4. Dutt- 7 -1 Waterford, c2Gottenburgb, 1 Lisbon, t Hamburg!). PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT rtV LLVE o'CITE. 3 . p4r Cent. Cons. 7911 79 781 I Ex. Bills, 2d, 12s. 17s. Ins. pr. 3 ver etn t. N. Ann... 106 BIL Ditto, 21d. l4s. 17s. pr.. India Bonds, 83s. 82s. 84s. pr. I Cons. fur Acc.....794 - 3 78i 79 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 4 minutes after 12. Evening, 29 minutes after I. THE LORD MAYOR. It was asset ted last week in The Morning Chro nicle, that the broken victuals, after the dinner at the Mansion-House, on Easter Monday, were 'not, distributed, as usual, among distressed objects in prisons, but among the lower voters at Sr. Alban's, to secure the Lord Mayor's re-election for that place. It is so common for The Morning Chronieleto insert al tides against the friends of Government, that nobody was surprised- at this charge, or- gave any credit to it ; but it appears that another Morn ing Paper, which has often vacillated, and has now wholly apostatized, and from being the servile tool has become the virulent enemy of Govern ment, eagerly adopted the same parry lie. In con sequence, the following letter has been published by Mr. FIAMMAN, a gentleman whose veracity cannot be questioned, and who is Deputy of the Ward of which his Lordship is Alderman, address ed to the• Editor of the latter Paper : " .9111,—A paragraph having appeared in your Paper of Sa turday last, stating, that the broken victuals at the Mansion house, left after the entertainment on Easter Monday, had been given to some Freemen of St. Alban's by order of the Chief Magistrate, I think it proper, in vindication of the character of that Gentleman, to contradict so unjnst an in sinuation. As Chairman of the Committee appointed to massage the arrangements on that day, I can speak confi dently to all the facts attending it; and I assure you, Sir, that out of the provisions which were left on that occasion, the prisons of Newgate and Whitecross-street were amply supplied; and letters of grateful acknowledgement are in ray possession for the same; after which a few remaining things were given to some persons who were well recom mended, or were known to be deserving objects. The in formation upon which you founded your paragraph came, no doubt, from some of those attendants who, by the vigilance of the Committee, were prevented from carrying on their usual system of peculation. Such persons are the greatest enemies of the poor prisoners, whose case they appear so anxiously to commiserate. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, " 18, Bow-lane, March 30," " JOHN HANNAN. We are happy to .say the PRINCE REGENT was much better yesterday.. Ills Royal Highness gave audiences to Earl BATHURST and Sir \VILLIAM SCOTT, Judge of the Admiralty; he also received visits froni the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the _Dukes of YORK, CUMBEI LAND, and CLARENCE. Yesteedy the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Dukes t,f YORK and Sussex, and the Prince of Hesse H ouRERG, visited her MAJESTY and the Princesses AUGUSTA and ELIZABETH, at the Queen's Palace. The Duke of CLARENCE' dined with his Royal Mother and Sisters. In the evening her MAJESTY bad a select parly. Yesterday the Prince of Hesse HOMBERG re- • ceived visits front Mr. NAGHTEN, Mr. DE New- MAN, Lord STEwART, Lord RODEN, ,General TAILOR, &O. In the evening his Serene High ness di ne d - with Earl BATHURsr, where the PRINCE REGENT was to have dined had he not been slightly indisposed with t h e gout. It is whispered as a fact, that a Lady at the height of Tragic fame, though performing -at a Theatre Royal under her maiden name, has been married some time: nay, was convicted and found guilty of Matrimony at the IRISH BAR two years ago. This report was more than whispered about the same period, but was not then credited in the theatrical circles. SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 31, The Pionee r ► WELSH, from Sierra L eone , arr i ve d o ff t he Wig h t this day, with timber f or L on d on , sa il e d t he 29 1 b January : the Magdalen, W'ATSON, would " ready to sail for London the Ist March, and 615° the Mar}, MERCER, fi ll England. The Ple ,o had 'arrived . at Sieira Leone the 24th Jan. fr clfli England, all well. His, Majesty's ship Semirall' is had also arrived ther'e, 'and- sailed on the 2 514 January on a cruise ;-- , -spoke the Chapman, frog' Baltimore to Bourtleaux, all well. Arrived t ill Ulerstilling, KEEPER, from Antwerp, with wheat' fur this port. Skilled the General Gr4lant; 1.171; ' THERHEAD, for Madrai; Prince Regent, I-I,oo lh for Bengal ; Camden, JOHNSON, for Batavia; Cornwallis, BuowN, for. Bengal ; 'Recovery, vs THERLY, for Betrgal. Remains the Isabella con' vict ship. DEAL, Milieu 31.—Came down from the rti ' ver, and remain in the Downs, the Fairlie,WO rh for India ; Henry Porcher, - AUSTILB, for ditto; and Swallow, FORD, for Oporto ;—the latter "I sailed with several others—particulars not know n ' Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Rog er/ RENNINGTON, from Demerara. FALmooTu, MARCH "29.--Passed clown Chaone l about 50 or 60 sail-of vessels. PLYMOUTH, 111Aacu 30.—Came in the Victorf) for Jersey ; Nancy, for Leghorn ; Comet, HALL' for Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Friendship for Ida' vannah, and the Barossa, TUPPER, for St. PO' LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Tieing' rara, GRAY, from Demerara.:-- . sailed die 6th Feb' The Thomas, WINN, for Liverpool, was to O lt in 10 clays; on the 16th March, in tat. 44. 524 long. 35. 50. spoke the schooner Rover, IN ° New York for Hamburg!). Same day spoke t he Two Brothers, GILCHRIST, for Salem ; on th e 28th inst. off Tuscar, passed the John Craig: WILLIAMS, from hence for Bahia. Also Hai" the Elizabeth, BROWN, from Buenos Ayres, und er jury top-Masts. BANFF, MARCH 26.—The Agenora, Sgrr ° ' coal laden, from Sunderland, was totally wrecke i this morning, about a mile to the westward Portsoy ; crew saved. MARGATE, Maack' 31.—Arkved the Crown transport from Chatham, with loss of anchor cable, which has since been found. GRAVESEND, MARCH 31.—Arrived the Mercury, Ladd;; Shipley, Moncrief; Union, Robinson; Two Brothers, Hulls: Louisa, Dubbs ; Industry, Orminsta ; Jonge Govritt, sa" 4 ' Vrow, Antigu, Overhand; and Ludolph Theodore, An&rsO i from Rotterdam ;—Anna Sophia, —, from RostoA ; ro r vidence, —, from Weisnar; Ebenezer, Edmonds, 10 1 ' 4 Hamburg') ; Antwerp Gluck, Janson, from Antwerp; Vr''' r Anna, from ditto; Anna Margaretta, Suseldon, from date 'Three Friends, Votherkin, from ditto ; Jonge Peter-lamb us, Wybers, from Amsterdam ; Jonge Lydia, NVybers, from dit to ; Good, Wolfart, from Middleburg; Ostern Star, Moller, frog ditto; Harmony, Schuls, from ditto; Cupid°, Bucker°, fr om Stralsund; Perseverance, —, from Hamburgh; l' aun ‘ Hendliek, Cline, from Harlingen; Marshal Wcoingt os. Gordon, from Bengal ; A s i a , G re i g , f rom B om b a y ; Dian a * Wooten, from Harlingen ; Th ree J o h ns , R o b er ts, fr" 11 Antwerp; Ceres, Landt, from St ra l sun d ; Di ana , Jay, f rail" Leghorn; Btisset, Munro, fr om J ama i ca; and Hope, Gue't4 from Amsterdam.—Sailed the Timandra, Baigzie, for Ba tavia; Marianne, Butler, for Bahia; Lascelles, Wills, f° f Hayti; Shakspeare, Jackson, for New Brunswick; 11°Pe ' Jones, for Dublin; Rover, Cullen, fur Hamburgh; and °id' , or four more. The Nanette, GAUD, from Marseilles to A ( . 11 Cayes, was driven on shore near Barcelona 1 11 " mooch, but has go; off, after discharg ing, and Was repairing. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. cis interesting Expeiiition leas sailed, followed by the ardent wishes of the whole Empire. Ther e can be no doubt that Many discoveries i n teresting. to science will result fr om the expedition ; It Captain Ross should be able to ascend Davie! Straits., he will at least determine a much disputed question in geography, as to the existence 47 : Baffin's Bay. Nor will it be an uninteresting t o en plc of research to ascertain what may h a ve " f the fate of the Colony settl e d a l ong t h e co ast ° East Greenland, from which. all access has bee n cut off for so many hundred years. On the other hand, by a nesrer approximation to the Pole' some curious phenomena may be determined with respect to the magneti c ne e dl e , w hi c h may ev en", tually lead to imp or t an t resu l ts i n navigation. in a commerci a l poi n t o f v i ew , we are d i spose d tc admit that the pr o b a bility o f any permanent ad vantage is v er y s l en d er , as we are afra id t he difficulty and d a n ger o f nav i gat i ng t h e A rct i c S ea s will always b e su ffi c i ent to d eter the sp i rit of mer cantile enterprise. Y e t i t i s i mposs ibl e to sa y how far the resour c es o f h uman ingenuity may overcome those impediments, if once t h e practi cability of p a s s i ng t h roug h l3ehring's Str a its into the Pacific, under an y c i rcumstances, shou ld be • established. Admitting, h owever , t h at no decid ed commercial benefit sho u ld ar i se f rom exp l or i ng the Polar regions, it surely will not be said, that a great nation, like England, great in her marl time ascendancy, great in her career of know ledge, of philosophy, of arts, sho u ld hesit ate to employ some portion of her skill and capital, in prosecuting discoveries which Must ra! e the pacific history of a country as much as victories do her warlike annals. Besides, it peculiarly belongs to England, trom her fmsnion, to a• tempt such dis coveries as ate the object of the pres , ot expedi tion, for if any pernlaion! be , teti , s shonin ensue, she will be creaked, how her klajity, , r„ . 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